Saturday Food Adventures

Saturday's are for food thinking, food watching, food making but most of all food eating. I ventured today for the first time to the Bondi Organic Food Markets, i kinda feel ashamed that I haven't actually been yet. It always seemed small and a bit empty, so I wasn't drawn to it. Yet it needs people to get amongst it for it to thrive. I heard that they were not letting anymore stall holders in and I didn't get it, but now I see that they are all trying to compete for the limited amount of cash they can get from the small numbers visiting the markets. Its a sad state of affairs we live in really. But the markets were so much better than I thought. The first stall was run by two fellas who worked on the farm, real salt of the earth types more than willing to run around and find you a box, open the tops of the corn to check for grubs and let you try the freshly picked this morning asparagus. I bought kilo of blue potatoes, one whole celery, 2 kilos tomatoes, 4 corn on the cobs and the total bill was $10.40 - things were looking pretty good already in my book.

Next stop was the dried meats stall run by the cutest French girl, the salami she sells is illegal to import but apparently not illegal to make and sell here, its absolutely divine and I was pleased for the upgrade to the $20 huge salami. She said, it will last you 6 weeks, I laughed and told her no it will last us 3 days, maximum.

After this I stopped by the young couple selling mushrooms, although they were weird and their $12 risotto mix was a bit overpriced I bought it anyway. I'll make it tonight with the fresh pasta I added to my box from another Frenchy selling home made pasta, she was very good at making people try things and the duck ravioli with beetroot and truffle cream. Holy shit that was good, yes please I'll take some of that.

My bag was getting pretty heavy now but It didn't stop me adding in orange beets, kale, fresh chives, parsley, coriander and silverbeet, all organic and total for $15.

Couldn't carry anymore so I had to move away from the market before I could even see the cheese stall. I'll be visiting those folk next week I'm sure, and besides my eggs were waiting for me back home.